Actually now that I look at it carefully the price is not that high. Starting prices are always quite high to begin with. After a while its cost will drop by at least $150. We already know how pverpriced is SD810 plus they are giving away a adaptive charger and it is dust and water proof too. Neat deal if you ignore SD810.

AnonD-410450, 26 Jun 2015I dont think that Sony can ever stop thinking that they can be like Apple, even iPhones dont c... moreDon't blame the price tag, blame your country economic progress and rate of money. What you accept for $880 in India, 20k is't ?

AnonD-389748, 26 Jun 2015nobody buys Sony phones anymore - except maybe for die hard fans, but I mean they have really ... moreA week ago I bought a 2nd hand z3 at less thans half the originalbprice,this is only 2 months old since the original owner had it. Since you are talking about good let's do a comparison. 1. Battery life, z3 with normal usage last more than 2 days so it's leaves the S6 dying at 5pm or 6 if u wish. 2. Z3 is waterproof and dust proof whereas your S6 is scared of these elements. 3. Camera-sensor 1/2.3 with superwide angle 25mm, and a dedicated camera button,these you can only wish on your S6. 4. Design- Sony omnibalance is the best looking design admit it, your SOAP form factor S6 retains the toyish form factor since S3 only with a metal frame this time. 5. UI Z3 has the best UI in all of Android, S6 touchwhiz is as toyish as the form factor.

First of all, I am a die hard fan of Sony. But even I think that setting an overprice for this which has issues with the chipset (as they are saying) is a bad move from sony. Although initially I wanted to buy this phone, but now I don't think that would be a good idea for me.
#A satisfied Xperia Z user till now. Peace.

nobody buys Sony phones anymore - except maybe for die hard fans, but I mean they have really low sales/shipping numbers compared to Sam/App/LG.
so the strategy is to overprice because maybe 30% of those die hard fans will buy it no matter the price and they would probably be the only ones buying it if it were cheaper anyway :)).
good luck Sony, hoping the company that buys your mobile division (will happen soon enough) will start making good phones that can compete with the leading OEMs